Enact MSP law or see me die: Dallewal to PM
Reiterating his commitment to win the morcha (enactment of MSP guarantee law), SKM (Non-political) convener Jagjit Singh Dallewal today gave a call to the farmers to not let the government remove him from the morcha site. If the government failed in removing him, either they would win or he would die, he added.
Dallewal, whose fast unto death entered its 29th day today, was brought on a stretcher to a makeshift stage at the Khanauri border morcha to address farmers. He spoke for about two-three minutes while lying on a bed in a glass cabin.
He said farmers of the entire country had to unite and win this fight for acceptance of their demands, including legal guarantee for MSP.
Dallewal said in 2021, when the three farm laws were withdrawn by the Centre and the morcha was ended, farmers from various other states had complained to their counterparts in Punjab that they left the agitation midway without getting other demands like a law guaranteeing MSP fulfilled. Now, he had made an effort to resolve their complaint and farmers from Haryana and other states were duty-bound to strengthen this agitation, he added.
A farm leader from Haryana, Abhimanyu Kohar, said a letter signed by Dallewal on behalf of the SKM (Non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) was sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. In the letter, Dallewal told the PM that he would end his fast-unto-death, which entered its 29th day, only after farmers’ demands, including MSP guarantee, were fulfilled or he would die at the morcha site. Dallewal also asked the PM to decide ‘whether you will enact the MSP guarantee law to honour the sentiments of parliamentary committee on agriculture or will wait for my sacrifice”.
A doctor attending to Dallewal at the morcha site said the protesting farmer’s blood pressure was fluctuating sharply as he was being brought to the stage. He added that Dallewal was at the risk of viral infection as his immune system had weakened. However, the SKM leader informed the gathering that there was nothing to worry about and he was quite well.
